Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive with a size stamp in

with a size stamp in green ink nearby

He was posted to HMS Diadem on August 2

measuring 210 mm (w) x 146 mm (h)

It measures 386 mm x 258 mm and is generally well preserved with one 40 mm sized rip towards the upper left edge of the page

advancing into a deep ditch directly under the parapets

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive with a size stamp in(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker